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Bensouda tells Foni he would send ECOMIG packing if elected president

Oct 8, 2026 • Author: Jankey Ceesay

Dingiri celebrates end to cross-border water search for livestock

Oct 8, 2026 • Author: Landing Ceesay

GRA boss: Tobacco tax is about health, not just revenue

Oct 8, 2026 • Author: Abdoulie Nyokech

ActionAid Int’l appoints Satang B. Houma as new board treasurer

Oct 8, 2026

Gambian Judge Awa Bah sworn in to ECOWAS Community Court

Oct 8, 2026

Darboe vows to implement TRRC recommendations in 5 years

Oct 7, 2026 • Author: Jankey Ceesay

ECOWAS Court orders Gambia to exhume Mahawa Cham’s remains

Oct 7, 2026 • Isatou Ceesay Bah

Kaur women ask Barrow to expand electricity, build Jahwurr-Ganjeh Road

Oct 7, 2026 • Author: Landing Ceesay

Dr Ceesay says police must act when political speech breaks law

Oct 7, 2026 • Author: Jankey Ceesay

Youth urged to embrace responsible political participation

Oct 7, 2026 • Author: Ismaila Sonko

MRCG to lead £5m Global Study on Strep A and heart disease

MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) will play a central leadership role in a major £5 million international research programme to better understand and fight Group A Streptococcus (Strep A). The programme will investigate how early-life exposure to Strep A shapes immunity and contributes to heart disease, according to dispatch from MRCG at LSHTM.

Oct 7, 2026

New U.S. Ambassador Laurence Socha arrives in Gambia

The new United States Ambassador to The Gambia, Laurence Socha, arrived in Banjul on Monday to begin his tenure as Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy. He was welcomed upon arrival by Mr. Bernard Mendy, Director of the American Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, and Mr. Omar Sawh, Deputy Chief of Protocol.

Oct 7, 2026

Gov’t secures 21MW generators to ease power crisis

Oct 6, 2026 • Author: Adama Jallow

Barrow commissions Wassu Skills Centre, says skills will end migration

Oct 6, 2026 • Author: Landing Ceesay

UDP questions NPP's response to its transparency demands to IEC

Oct 6, 2026

Senegal heavy downpour claims lives, President Faye expresses condolences

Oct 6, 2026

Sami appeals for agricultural support, health, security and water

Oct 6, 2026 • Author: Landing Ceesay

Ambassador Bah addresses 55th Annual Legislative Confab of Congressional Black Caucus

Oct 6, 2026